25 September 2019
20 September 2019
Who is he?
Three broken libs
A pierced lung And still, he fought For peace at home Peace in the world!
He is Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK!
I would like to leave a bunch of flowers from all over the world for him.
6 July 2019
Teaching vocabulary at higher levels
Teaching vocabulary beyond intermediate level has its own set of challenges. This webinar will explore topics including selecting what to focus on with students who already have a core vocabulary, teaching about lexical features and the importance of understanding usage at higher levels.
Dates and Times
16th July 2019
- UTC Time Zone 09:00 - 10:00
- UK (BST) 10:00 - 11:00
- UAE (GST) 13:00 - 14:00
- Japan (JST) 18:00 - 19:00
- Brazil (BRST) 06:00 - 07:00
- New York (EST) 05:00 - 06:00
16th July 2019
- UTC Time Zone 16:00 - 17:00
- UK (BST) 17:00 - 18:00
- UAE (GST) 20:00 - 21:00
- Japan (JST) 01:00 - 02:00 (+1 day)
- Brazil (BRT) 13:00 - 14:00
- New York (EDT) 12:00 - 13:00
17th July 2019
- UTC Time Zone 20:00 - 21:00
- UK (BST) 21:00 - 22:00
- UAE (GST) 00:00 - 01:00 (+1 day)
- Japan (JST) 05:00 - 06:00 (+1 day)
- Brazil (BRT) 17:00 - 18:00
- New York (EDT) 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker is Julie Moore.
If you're interested in the topic, click the link below.
https://elt.oup.com/events/global/teaching_vocabulary_at_higher_levels_challenges_and_choices?cc=tr&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
11 June 2019
Know My World
Dear teachers, we need our children to chat with their
peers from other countries, exchange information, get to know our common world
and solve the problems of the world hand in hand regardless of the course you
are teaching. I invite you to contact Know My World organisation, too. Let's not forget. We only
have one world.
Think of an education
center, which was founded by about 15 teachers and administrators. It is Know My World, click it here or
copy ( https://knowmyworld.org )
They match the
teachers and students in the world with teachers and students in another
country to discuss the global and common issues through digital education
platforms to spread cultural awareness through social-emotional learning. They
are coaching and mentoring in both countries.
I met this
organisation six years ago. I met Alicia Rescingo from Edmodo. By the way,
Edmodo is a great educational site, click it here.
(Many thanks to Mr Nic Borg, Mrs Crystal Hutter, and Mr. Jeff O'HaraCystal. )
We talked via Skype. However, in those years, the classes I was teaching, and
the technological facilities were weak and limited. In 2018, the school
administration asked to open clubs in foreign languages. Different clubs were
opened. I wanted to open a different club and my students to exchange both
educational and cultural information with students from other countries. Alica
and her organisation came to my mind. I made my application, and it was accepted.
I have pursued a program with the joint decision of two different countries for
6-8 weeks. I believe that my work with two countries has been beneficial both
for me and the teachers and students on the other side. In fact, the teachers
and their development are essential here. I focused on my club students and
worked on their personal and group activities and cultural development. The
selected teachers in this program are asked to evaluate themselves on five
topics of beginner and advanced level at the end of the program. These are
co-constructed planning, time management, cultural understanding, technology,
and extraction of learning.
Dear teachers, if you
want to cooperate with this international organisation, Know My World, I would like to share my suggestions as 13 items.
1. If you miss a program, you will be able to apply again on the internet
after 4-5 months as the programs will be performed 2-3 times a year.
2. You fill out a form and submit a video of maximum 3 minutes. (In the
video, you, your school and your students will talk)
3. Your application will be evaluated, and you are accepted by e-mail
most of the time. If you answer 'yes' to this e-mail, you will be deemed to
have accepted the program.
4. You will receive another e-mail a few days after your confirmation.
They will send you a question and answer form, trying to identify issues that
you might find difficult in achieving your goals, wishes, and desires to get to
know you better and to match you with the teachers from another country. This
form is filled out and sent via Google.
5. After the survey form, they sometimes want you to fill out a form to
learn about your school administration, your human relations, and community
behaviours. (I think this is very useful. Because they are trying to find the
right teacher for you by analysing your working behaviours with your colleagues
at lower and upper levels.)
6. Big day, your coordinator wants you to write the days you are
available, and he/she talks to you through a visual communication tool such as
SKYPE. Please ask whatever you want to know during this call. In this video
call, you will learn which country you will match with.
7. The coordinator sets out a meeting day with your matching teacher
according to the common days of you and your teacher. You meet your teacher,
with whom you will work for 7-8 weeks, under control of your coordinator. Your
coordinator takes various notes while chatting on the program. He/she asks
common questions to you. I would recommend you to speak clearly and openly
about all the things, including official holidays in your city or country. I
recommend that you use EDMODO (click it here)in
the training activities you will do with the matching school. At the end of the
chat, what you will do in 7-8 weeks is determined. On that day or the day
after, your coordinator will send you an e-mail.
During that week, you
will receive an e-mail requesting you to evaluate yourself and this exchange
program at the end of this program using 500-600 words.
8. The program progresses week by week. You may receive e-mails from your
coordinator in order to complete the application or to complete your
deficiencies.
9. On 4th or 5th week, you can have a live video conference (in the middle
of the program). (I strictly recommend this; the children get clearer
information, it is very simple because they have had the opportunity to chat
with people who they have been communicating with for weeks. In the coming
weeks, they become more willing to work.)
10. When you get close to the last weeks of the program, your coordinator
directs you to do a survey to fill in the students from you and the other
teacher.
11. Your children and the school and teacher they work with will have a
final video conference at the time of admission.
12. After the children, two teachers will be asked to fill in a
questionnaire to check and answer their questions.
13. After submitting your own questionnaire responses and 500-600 words,
they send you your participation certificate by e-mail. I'd like to
congratulate all of you already.
My school is in
Ankara, the capital of my country. My school, Nesibe Aydın (click here please) is one of the few schools in which I
have worked with very successful teachers. They really strive to provide their
students with a very good education. It is a school which prepares students to
both LGS, High School Transition Exam, and the Higher Education Institutions exam.
At the beginning of
the 2018-2019 educational term, I wanted to establish a club consisting of the
name of this organisation, because I was very impressed by Know My World study programs. A total of 32 students from
the 8th grade were admitted to the club. Although my club was not a sports
club, the students enrolled in my club from the portal. Typically, sports clubs
receive this many applications.
I put the United
Nations' sustainable development goals at the head of my club's activities. I
let each of my students examine these targets. We have learned about the
problems of the world, discussed the ways of solution. In fact, we have learned
about the sustainable goals of the United Nations on Know My World's website. (here is the site) In the meantime, I have divided
my students into two clubs to draw logos and pennants. 2 pennants came out with
the participation of my club students. We have decided to use both of our
banners with the majority of votes. Then we immediately decided to set up our club's website. (click it here please) I have delivered the web page of my
club to two students who are willing and experienced in this field. Every other
student added information and pictures to our web page.
In short, almost every
student took a task. I had contacts with Tema Vakfı, Tübitak, and Kuzey Doğa Association
(click it here) and I organised training meetings for our club.
Kuzey Doğa Association informed about Turkey's vegetation and wild animals. It
was beneficial for us to know our country and get information from live
sources. We did our first eight weeks of training with Algeria in
correspondence with Edmodo. I divided the students into seven groups among
themselves. The students of the science branch tried to search for standard solutions
for sustainable energy by making models of magnificent waste materials and
sharing their projects with the students of the country.
The second country was
Vermont from the US. (Click it here please)
The students chatted with each other about the movie characters in the joint
movie, after being introduced, illustrated and introduced with the video. Then
they shared local news from their city and made written comments. At the end of
the seventh week, the students had a pleasant 45-minute conversation.
I've become a
teacher who often preferred to look at the glass side. Every week, I worked at
my club for 2 hours with 32 students, and I tried to continue with 28 hours of
a school program. If this task is given to me again, I would prefer to stay
with only one class. I have understood that I should have 21 students instead
of 32, 12 hours per week instead of 2-hour intensive club activity. For
advanced courses, one should definitely choose one of the United Nations
sustainable goals, and I think some of our textbooks can be shared across
schools. Because children should be able to discuss the local, national or
international issues they have learned during that week/weeks with the children
of the other country. They can discuss the books they read in our own
curriculum. Therefore, many common issues will be shared. When there are
changes in joint planning, teachers should seek solutions among themselves and
enrich the joint program instead of the coordinator.
I am grateful to Mrs
Arıkan, the head of the department for her support to me while continuing my
club activities. Again, I would like to extend my appreciation to Know My
World's valued staff, Mrs Rescigno, Mrs Stefani and Mr Haskell. In a new year
of education, I would like to promise to work better and once again I would
like to match with another country.
Wish you luck
Erkin YILDIRIM
18 May 2019
19 Mayıs Atatürk'ü Anma, Gençlik ve Spor Bayramımız Kutlu Olsun
24 April 2019
En iyi öğretmen nasıl olmalı?
What should be the best feature for a teacher? I wrote a piece in the shape of my blog years ago. Now again, a student who is studying at Boğaziçi asked me this question. As a teacher who has completed 16 years, I would like to add a new item in the first three places, even in the first place. What do you think it should be? Let us think about it together.
If you are a student, the best teacher may be a teacher who makes you happy or a teacher who gives accessible examinations.
Are you one of those who believe that every year of your career is taking you to an absolute peak?
Do you think that most of the best feature as the best teacher is to criticize your colleague relentlessly? (Of course, lots of gossips) Otherwise, your requirement, do you think he will be a METU graduate, DELTA will be, he's going to be a PhD?
These substances go like this. So, What should be the best teacher for me? What should be the best feature of the teacher?
My dear readers, I think one of the first three ranks must be the creative feature of the teacher. (Innate ability or subsequently acquired) The teacher should produce something for the future of children. Carry them to the future. Make you think while you are entertaining when you make believe not spending time with a conversation! At the end of the day, as a teacher, I asked myself what I could bring to my children today, and it would be a shame if another day passed without doing in the class. If you can't get any new ideas, please get some ideas from the producers, take them, we get them, the new teachers will get ...
All we have Anatolia, come to produce. If we cannot provide, we do not interfere with producers, let's make them support. In the past, there were sources that did not exceed one finger, thanks to the Internet, countless resources are now at hand. Let's work and produce. Let's simulate if we can't. It is not a shame to imitate, to bring something new to our class, and to adapt it. What is wrong is that we do not renew ourselves. Let us not forget, Ataturk, entrusted this generation to us!
I'm telling you clearly when I can't produce it, and I leave this job. Whenever I am a terrible example for my children, I will get my jacket and leave the place that day. Whenever I can't help my fellow teachers, my heart rats, close the gap of my child when I can't remember that night, believe me when I put my head on the pillow, and my eyes will not close. The next day I don't feel good when I can't teach my kids how to dream. When I do not see my love in the eyes of my child (my student), then I say goodbye.
I'm a teacher. I participated in a national competition after the Inter-high School Tubitak Science Competition I entered in 1993. Only teachers could participate in this competition. It is related to creating new educational material, and it is a competition attended by the teachers of the Directorate of National Education of Istanbul Province. The first day was in April when the competition applications began in the country I think 61 teachers had attended. On the last day of the competition application, the total application was 4681. Even though I thought they would not call me to Istanbul in the semi-finals, I planned my competition with the same feelings I heard in 1993, I researched, mixed a few books, worked at night and participated in the contest representing my school in Central Anatolia Region. I had 4680 confidence, producing teachers! Let me lose. Does not matter. I am happy because the 4681 self-confident teachers, producing participated in a national competition. How happy my country!
I love my country, and I love my students very much, I love my family very much...
Click here it is the link of the competition. Click here and read the last 210 contestants! I'm there :)
16 August 2018
I Know What It is To Be Young by Orson Welles
I never gave it a second thought
until one day along came this old man
and this is what he said to me
and this is what he said to me
I know what it is to be young
but you, you don't know what it is to be old
someday, you'll be saying the same thing
time takes away so the story is told
I've asked so many questions
couldn't find all the answers
no one has as yet.
There'll be days to remember
full of laughter and tears
after summer, comes winter and so go the years
So my friend...
let’s make music together
I'll play the old while you sing me the new
In time when your young days are over
there'll be some one sharing their time with you
I know what it is to be young
but you, you don't know what it is to be old
So my friend..
Let’s make music together
I'll play the old while you sing me the new
in time when your young days are over
there'll be some one sharing their time with you
there'll be some one sharing their time with you
12 August 2018
Shape of My Heart by Sting
and those he plays never suspect
He doesn't play for the money he wins
He don't play for respect
the sacred geometry of chance
the hidden law of a probable outcome
the numbers lead a dance
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
He may lay the queen of spades
He may conceal a king in his hand
while the memory of it fades
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape
The shape of my heart
You'd maybe think there's something wrong
I'm not a man of too many faces
The mask I wear is one
and find out to their cost
like those who curse their luck in too many places
and those who fear are lost
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape
The shape of my heart
7 August 2018
Lyric of Walking Away
2 August 2018
Kandil
Gün ışığında yola koyuldum
Elimde kandil gözümde mendil
Vefa arıyorum dost arıyorum
Şefkat arıyorum aşk arıyorum
Vefa uzaklarda kalan bir his
Dost eski şarkılardan bir iz
Şefkatse bardaki sarışın kız
Dizlerimde derman
Kandılımde yağ bitti
Bulamadım
Ferdi ÖZBEĞEN
30 July 2018
Latince ve İngilizce Tıp Kelimeleri
2.Cheilosis Türkçesi Şiloz dur. Malum B vitaminlerinin eksikliğine bağlı angular stomatitdir.
Repression, Represyon anlamı etkisini göstermekte yetersiz kalan bir genin regülasyon oyunu ile inhibe edilmesi.
3.Pulmonary, Pulmoner, Akçiğer ile ilgili.
Pulmonectomy, Türkçesi Pulmonektomi Akciğerlerin bir bölümünün yada tümünün cerrahi yolla kesilip çıkarılması. (Sanatoryumda bu hastalarla yer yer karşılaşabilirsiniz)
Siz bile kesin duymuşunuzdur. Metaphase, Metafaz; Kromozomların ekvator bölgede toplandığı ve sentromerlerin ayrıldığı mitoz dönemi.
11.Lipocyte, Liposit; yağ hücresidir. Herkes bilir.
16 July 2018
KET sınav sonuçları 2018
2. Defne GUCLU
3. Duru YORUK
4. Selene GUCLU
5. Egemen Kaan BAYRAK
6. Gülcem OLGUN
7. Derin Naz GUNGOR
8. Irmak ERDEN
- Haziran 2018
8 July 2018
Fathers and daughters never say GOODBYE
To make your every wish come true and every dream for all your life
But that's not how the story goes
The world is full of perfect plans
If there's a promise that I broke, I know one day you will understand
When times are hard I know you'll be strong
I'll be there in your heart when you'll carry on
Like moonlight on the water, and sunlight in the sky
Fathers and daughters never say goodbye
An Angel I will read to sleep, gave me one dream of my own
So learn to love and spread your wings, and find the one to call your home
When times are hard I know you'll be strong
I'll be there in your heart when you'll carry on
Like moonlight on the water, and sunlight in the sky
Fathers and daughters never say goodbye
When times are hard I know you'll be strong
I'll be there in your heart when you'll carry on
Like moonlight on the water, and sunlight in the sky
Fathers and daughters never say goodbye
Fathers and daughters never say goodbye
9 April 2018
Hoşgeldin
4 February 2018
Kızım için
Seneler geçse bile üstünden
Dinmiyor kalbimde sızı
Ah kızım bilemezsin nasıl yandım
Çok zor geçti sensiz yıllarım
Yeter artık kavuşalım
Ah kızım
Bambaşka bir aşksın sen kızım
Benden uzak geçen günlerin
Senin kaderin benim alın yazım…
23 November 2017
Happy Teacher's Day
Öğretmenler günüz kutlu olsun...
Wishing you a very Happy Teacher's Day 😃
12 August 2017
The 10 Best University in the World
Teacher
Erkin